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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October 1939
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Bob Powell?
Inks	Bob Powell?

26 page Shock Gibson story "The Human Dynamo"

Characters	Shock Gibson [Robert Gibson] (Intro; Origin); Dr. Blitzer (Intro); Baron Von Kampf (Villain; Intro) zombies (Villain; Intro)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Maurice Scott
Inks	Maurice Scott

6 page Crash, Cork, and the Baron story "The Three Aces"

Characters	Crash (Intro); Cork (Intro); the Baron (Intro)
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (Fred North)
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	memorable line: "You fellows hang around in the background while I talk big...they're bound to expose themselves!"

2 page text story "An Adventure With a Man-Eating Plant"

Script	Edward Lambert
Pencils	Bob Powell? (Illustration)
Inks	Bob Powell? (Illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	illos by Powell?

4 page Ted Parrish story "The Man of a Thousand Faces"

Characters	Ted Parrish (Intro; Origin); A mad doctor (Villain; Intro)
Script	Bob Powell
Pencils	Bob Powell (Bob Stanley)
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Spike Marlin story "The SQUALL Case"

Characters	Spike Marlin (Intro)
Pencils	George Tuska (Carl Larson)
Inks	George Tuska

6 page Smoke Carter story "Fire In Children's Haven"

Characters	Smoke Carter (Intro; a fireman)
Pencils	Munson Paddock
Inks	Munson Paddock

4 page Landor, Maker of Monsters story "The Coming of Landor"

Characters	Landor (Villain; Intro); Anthony Torrence (Intro); Maria (Intro)
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell

4 page Texas Tyler story "Big Nick's Law"

Characters	Texas Tyler (Intro)
Pencils	Walter Frehm?
Inks	Walter Frehm?

6 page Biff Bannon story "The Super-Death Invention"

Characters	Biff Bannon (a Marine; Intro)
Script	Dick Briefer
Pencils	Dick Briefer (Remington Brant)
Inks	Dick Briefer